I have a house on a slide gradient facing the road, the road being lower than the house and garden. At the back of the house is a patio with a patio drain than runs under the adjoining garage and comes out at the bottom of the driveway, just next to the pavement into what looks like a normal roadway drain. However, this drain doesn't lead anywhere - it's plastic, about 1m deep and the only exit/entrance is the pipe from the patio drain.
Is this a wierd sort of soakaway, (or evaporate away), or did the builder's forget to join it to the road drain (it was built 7 yrs ago).
Thanks!
Owen
I have a house on a slide gradient facing the road, the road being lower than the house and garden. At the back of the house is a patio with a patio drain than runs under the adjoining garage and comes out at the bottom of the driveway, just next to the pavement into what looks like a normal roadway drain. However, this drain doesn't lead anywhere - it's plastic, about 1m deep and the only exit/entrance is the pipe from the patio drain.
Is this a wierd sort of soakaway, (or evaporate away), or did the builder's forget to join it to the road drain?!
Thanks!
Owen
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Is there an echo in here? ;)
If the mystery drain is on a public highway, then it will be connected up to some form of approved drainage system, rather than be a direct soakaway. However, if this is on your own property (I can't tell form reading your message), then I suppose it could be a small soakaway access point.
Do you have a photo or a fuller description?
If the mystery drain is on a public highway, then it will be connected up to some form of approved drainage system, rather than be a direct soakaway. However, if this is on your own property (I can't tell form reading your message), then I suppose it could be a small soakaway access point.
Do you have a photo or a fuller description?
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Owen Ireland
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It won't evaporate from a gully, or, at least, it won't evaporate sufficiently to control the water level.
Think about the road gullies on any public highway - we've had next to no rain for a few weeks, yet there's still water in the gullies. They may have lost 20mm or so due to evaporation, and, if left for long enough with no topping-up, then they will eventually be dry, but it'd take a long time!
I wonder if what you have is a little sand drain, which is, essentially, a deep, thin hole (think of it as a vertical pipe) filled with sand and/or gravel that allows the water to percolate to to lower levels and more permeable layers of the sub-strata.
Think about the road gullies on any public highway - we've had next to no rain for a few weeks, yet there's still water in the gullies. They may have lost 20mm or so due to evaporation, and, if left for long enough with no topping-up, then they will eventually be dry, but it'd take a long time!
I wonder if what you have is a little sand drain, which is, essentially, a deep, thin hole (think of it as a vertical pipe) filled with sand and/or gravel that allows the water to percolate to to lower levels and more permeable layers of the sub-strata.
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Owen Ireland
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